Job Description

Join the Amelia Trust team as a Placement Support Assistant

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Why join us?

If you're looking for a new challenge and you're ready to make a difference to the lives of young people, we would love to hear from you.

Amelia Trust is a charity supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable young people. Based in the beautiful Vale of Glamorgan, we aim to encourage everyone to enjoy spending time outside and appreciate the benefits of being in nature.

About the Role

This role is for 24 hours per week, 9am -3.30pm, Tuesday to Friday, term-time only based on site at the Amelia Trust Farm. As a Placement Support Assistant you will provide therapeutic support to young people who are experiencing emotional dysregulation or barriers to learning on our GROW programme. We need someone who has experience of working with challenging and vulnerable young people and has knowledge of safeguarding.

You can find out more about the work we do with young people on the How We Help page of our website.

Amelia Trust is committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and working inclusively. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community.

Specific Areas of Responsibility:

To offer one-to-one support to young people who are in crisis or require focussed attention during the GROW day.

To support the GROW team in crisis management, including being a point of contact for relevant individuals/authorities, supervising young people, or staffing the Farm car.

To support young people during sessions to ensure they are able to access all learning opportunities.

To liaise with colleagues to ensure the provision of Free School Meals for young people.

To assist the GROW team with keeping all rooms, including the break room and learning spaces clean, safe and ready to be utilised.

To cover for GROW tutors in the event of sickness or absence.

To act as scribe for young people undertaking Agored qualifications.

To assist with the ordering and coordination delivery of materials required for GROW sessions.

To assist with preparing documentation for Agored qualification submissions.

To maintain Personal Development Plans and Supporting Strategies documents for all young people attending GROW.

To assist in organising educational and therapeutic workshops with external personnel and organisations.

To contribute towards strategy meetings, behavioural planning and debrief meetings.

To carry out weekly Health and Safety checks as directed and make good any identified risks.

To undertake such other tasks as may be required by the CEO.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 13,827.00 per year

Benefits:

On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:

Barry CF62 3AS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 17/08/2025